The first time I heard the phrase "homo viator" was in the context of an introduction to Gabriel Marcel. I have not gone beyond that introduction, but the idea of man as a traveler has stuck with me ever since.
I hope to place a few words daily or thereabouts along the journey or travels that we are on...some of us reject or just ignore that our end is somewhere outside of ourselves, back with our Creator. The time spent alive on earth is our only time, so we must make the best of it and keep it going as long as possible...a journey to really nowhere.
Man is unfulfilled today and only a few are searching...a key to our travels are fellow pilgrims, travellers...
Love and friendship are not possible for those who are autonomous, isolated, in no need of completion with another; all relationships are then temporary, out of necessity, or desire but only until the pleasure is gone or the desire fulfilled. Love and friendship are really unnecessary for the postmodern man.
The entries that are to follow are more in the line with those who may not know the Truth or even have faith, but are on a journey toward something beyond man. Travelers searching or those who may know where they are heading, are not alone. My intentions are as "Gabriel Marcel put it, 'Nothing is lost for the man who lives a great love or a true friendship, but all is lost for him who is alone'" (Self-Esteem without Selfishness, p.27) Let us begin our journey together.
Comments are welcome, but know that my repsonses may be sparse and concise...those who offend will be ignored or deleted.
I hope to place a few words daily or thereabouts along the journey or travels that we are on...some of us reject or just ignore that our end is somewhere outside of ourselves, back with our Creator. The time spent alive on earth is our only time, so we must make the best of it and keep it going as long as possible...a journey to really nowhere.
Man is unfulfilled today and only a few are searching...a key to our travels are fellow pilgrims, travellers...
Love and friendship are not possible for those who are autonomous, isolated, in no need of completion with another; all relationships are then temporary, out of necessity, or desire but only until the pleasure is gone or the desire fulfilled. Love and friendship are really unnecessary for the postmodern man.
The entries that are to follow are more in the line with those who may not know the Truth or even have faith, but are on a journey toward something beyond man. Travelers searching or those who may know where they are heading, are not alone. My intentions are as "Gabriel Marcel put it, 'Nothing is lost for the man who lives a great love or a true friendship, but all is lost for him who is alone'" (Self-Esteem without Selfishness, p.27) Let us begin our journey together.
Comments are welcome, but know that my repsonses may be sparse and concise...those who offend will be ignored or deleted.